A message the Associated Press left seeking comment from Foley was not immediately returned.

In an interview with the Journal Inquirer of Manchester, Foley denied owing any state tax or receiving a tax advantage. He said he registered the yacht in the Marshall Islands to make it easier to charter it.

He said on Wednesday that he has it docked there because he had a house there. Malloy said Wednesday that he did not want to comment because he did not have all the facts.

Sen. John Kerry recently came under fire for parking his slightly smaller $7 million boat, Isabel, in Rhode Island rather than Massachusetts.

Foley is certainly not the only local candidate with a boat. Malloy has a 28-foot powerboat, the Stamford Advocate reports, Vince McMahon, husband of GOP Senate candidate Linda McMahon, has a 47-foot yacht that he parks in Boca Raton, Florida.